Report: Mother of 'affluenza' teen has been deported from Mexico to US

"Affluenza" teen Ethan Couch is still in custody in Mexico while his mother is on her way back to the U.S. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports. Ethan Couch · 'Affluenza' teen's mother returning to U.S. as son fights deportation. By Ben Brumfield and Mariano

U.S. authorities said the Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an "affluenza" defense, was in custody in Mexico, weeks after he and his mother disappeared. (Mexico's Jalisco state prosecutor

Mexican authorities have detained Ethan Couch, also known as the "affluenza" teen, and his mother near a popular Mexican resort town near Puerto Vallarta, officials told CNN. Ethan Couch · 'Affluenza' teen Ethan Couch detained in Mexico. By Evan Perez 

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The mother of the teen fugitive whose "affluenza" defense during his trial for a fatal drunken-driving crash brought shock and scorn was reportedly deported Wednesday to the United States. An official with Mexico's Migration Institute told the